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"Mom, you're on crack," my kids' favorite response to my valuable comments." I like to think of myself as the grandma humorist of the 21st Century. At best, I'm Erma Bombeck on crack.
I've been telling people what to do for years. And for the same number of years, they've been ignoring me. What better way to continue the tradition than to start blogging!
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Oldies by Title
- 500 days of Penny
- 500 first dates
- A day without a microwave
- A different breed
- A flood of memories
- A fruit falls from the tree
- A funny thing happened to me on the way to…
- A grandma by any other name
- A journey of two years
- A little here, a little there
- A melting pot
- A mother’s love
- A piece of my heart
- A sense of security
- A winter’s day in California with grandkids
- Abdication day
- Aged to perfection
- Ageless sense
- All’s well that ends well
- Almost Amish x2
- America the Beautiful
- Amnesia meets deja vu
- Announcing a new “special” day
- Are we there yet?
- As far as I know
- As Seen On TV paradise
- Ay ay ay
- Baby of the family
- Back at the ranch
- Backfiring psychology
- Backup plans
- Bag ladies and me
- Basketball’s most devoted fan
- Big plans
- Bite the bullet
- Bla, bla, blog
- Bladder buddies
- Blue doesn’t work in football
- Blue on blue
- Bob the Builder wannabe
- BOGO loneliness
- Born leaders
- Bottle it
- Bottoms up!
- Bound for the son
- Boyz to maturity
- Bumps on the road
- Buttons and bangles
- C-sick computer
- C.S.I. grandma style
- California here we come
- Californians in snow
- Can you pee?
- Can’t wait
- Can’t you just make him small again?
- Captive audience
- Cards of fortune
- Carrot therapy
- Caterpillars and pickaxes
- Caught between
- Caught on video
- Caustic cousin
- Chain link sports
- Chop, chop
- Christmases past
- Cleaning causes weight gain
- Cleanup crew
- Close to my heart
- Comfort levels
- Coming out even
- Connecting the dots
- Connecting the generations
- Cotton candy and bonding
- Cough up the cash
- Couldn’t resist
- Counsel to youth
- Crash diet
- Creation theory — an alternative version
- Dastardly D’s
- Day at the movies
- Day of fools
- Days parents live for
- December already?
- Decorating blues
- Diamonds in the sand
- Directionally challenged
- Do I look like a cold blooded killer?
- Do you feel lucky?
- Do-it-yourself appliance repair
- Does any man listen?
- Dolly
- Don’t mess with my Heinz
- Don’t stop believing
- Don’t try this at home
- Doubly wonderful
- Down and dirty
- Dreamer jeans
- Driving disorders
- Drum and a fife
- Ducks are cocky
- Easter is my favorite holiday
- Eat, drink and be married
- Egg ain’t what it used to be
- Eight miles and a lifetime away
- Eleventh in line
- Encores and firsts
- Entering the world of soccer
- Every family has one
- Everything I need
- Everything you ever wanted to be
- Everything’s coming up berries
- Excuses of the 21st century
- Exercise overdose
- Faces of the season
- Fair play
- Fairy dust
- Faith gene
- Family and other precious things
- Family car shuffle
- Family glue
- Family showdowns
- Family table
- Family vacation Chevy Chase style
- Family vacation nightmare
- Fantasy Parenthood
- Far out!
- Favorite quote of the night
- Fearful bravery
- Fifty nine and counting
- Fifty-thirteen
- Finding favor with Linda
- First born
- Five going on twenty
- FlapDoodle
- Football makes me nervous
- Footprints in the Jell-O
- For what it’s worth
- Forget me not
- Forget you
- Freeze dried fish
- Frequently requested Microsoft tools
- Frick and Frack
- Fun farts
- Game night for seniors
- Game night with grandkids
- Games for miniatures
- Garage sale leftovers
- Geri
- Gifts that keep on giving
- Go for it
- Going out on klutz leave
- Gold leaf
- Golden Globe buzz
- Grandma proof
- Grandma reservations
- Grandma’s helpers
- Guess who that is
- Guiltless Thursday
- Hair today, gone tomorrow
- Halloween on a budget
- Hanging boobs
- Hanging in there
- Happy day, busy day
- Happy everything
- Happy Mums Dag
- He said, she heard
- Helping hands
- Here we go again
- Here’s my twenty-five cents worth
- He’s a peach
- Hi, Iris
- Hi, My name is Penny and I’m insane
- Hog heaven
- Hola, mama
- Holiday preparation
- Holiday shopping
- Home is where the heart and cupboards are full
- Homeland cruise lines
- Homonym humor
- Honeymoon mistake
- Hooker grandma
- Hot toothbrushes anyone?
- House of mirrors
- How appropriate
- How long is too long?
- How NOT to parent
- How times have changed
- How to heal a broken heart
- How to kill a spider
- How to make churro bits
- Hypochondriac’s dream
- I am my father’s daughter
- I am so sore
- I am woman, hear me roar
- I can do that
- I didn’t know Elvis was Thai
- I don’t do proper nouns
- I have been a very bad girl
- I killed the Pillsbury doughboy
- I know somebody who knows somebody
- I lied
- I might cook like this
- I need a vacation from my vacation
- I surrender
- I think I can, I think I can
- Ideas to beat boredom
- If it’s not one thing, it’s another
- If you could live your life over
- In the twinkling of an eye
- Infomercial junkie
- Into the holidays
- It must be time
- It’s part of growing up
- It’s snot either
- I’ll have a ticket with that
- I’m a rescuer
- I’m old enough to be thankful
- Jaws of life
- Just like Grandma
- Just me and the Mouse
- Keeping in touch
- Kirk who?
- Kna Kna
- Leave them alone
- Let me introduce you to my family
- Let us be grateful
- Letter to Santa
- Letting go, almost
- Let’s spice it up
- Levitating grandma
- Life is no dress rehearsal
- Life’s subtle changes
- List for the doctor
- Little bite of Denmark
- Living with Lucy
- Long ago in the land of milk and cookies
- Luck of the Irish
- Luxury suite
- L’shanah Tovah
- Make new friends
- Making do
- Making the best of your day
- Mammal peer pressure
- Mario’s secret
- Maroon 7
- Masochistic grandma
- Memories are forever
- Memories in storage
- Memory lane
- Menopause is an acronym
- Merry Christmas to all
- Midnight travelogue
- Minimalistic shopping
- Miracle worker
- Miracles around us
- Missing out
- Mixing cultures
- Modern family
- Mom had pockets
- Moms don’t lie, do they?
- Mother’s adventures
- Mother’s Day goes to the dogs
- Motherhood Á la arsenic
- Movies come to the suburbs
- My dad
- My dad wore shorts
- My daughter’s wedding dress
- My family is not normal
- My favorite Christmas
- My first Spanish lesson
- My grandma can beat up your grandma
- My guy
- My life in the movies
- My new favorite holiday
- My take on politics
- Naked and wet
- Never far from a new start
- Never give up
- Never quite what I ask for
- Never the same again
- Never too old for a sleepover
- New car trauma
- New monkey in town
- Next to normal
- Nice moustache
- Night on the town
- No extra parts
- Not much changes over the generations
- Number four
- Number twos try harder
- Off the path
- Oh, the marvelous things a thumb can do
- Oh, the wonderful things a tennis ball can do
- Old dog, new tricks
- Old movies, old jokes, old-ish folks
- On a roll
- On the fast track
- On the move
- On your terms
- Once a mom, always a mom
- Once upon a time
- One giant step for mankind
- One liners
- One Neptunian year
- One of those days
- One scoop shy of a sundae
- One spacial lady
- Ooohs and aaahs
- Open fly nuptials
- Open mic night
- Orange kitties, Harry Potter and leftovers
- Oranges, socks, and earthquakes
- Out of the blue
- Out of warranty
- Packed crowd
- Papoose parenting
- Passing of the recipe
- Perfecto Mundo
- Pet detective
- Phone a friend
- Photography 101
- Pink octopus, the breakfast of champions
- Pirates’ chests
- Pitch in
- Pitter patter
- Play ball
- Play it again, grandma
- Postpartum blogging
- Press 1 for
- Progressive December
- Proud mama
- Pulling a Cabrillo
- Purple crayons
- Quartzite
- Rainy days and Fridays
- Recipe for beating a computer to death
- Red hot vacation
- Red pepper stickers
- Rekindle your iLove
- Remember when
- Reminiscent
- Replaced by a washer
- Rescue from the death factory
- Reverse prayerology
- Ring the bell
- Rise and shout
- Rolling in the dough
- Room for three
- Rubbing shoulders with the Greatest Generation
- Sacrifice the queen
- Sandwich generation
- Saturday morning
- Save a dollar, lose your mind
- Scared straight
- Scene two
- School daze
- Seat of his pants
- Second born
- Second chances at love
- Seder light
- Self help overload
- Senior holiday activities
- Serenity Park
- Sesame Street was right
- Sewing on Sunday
- Shirley the pig
- Short(er) hair club
- Sick days at school
- Sit down, hold on, and shut up
- Skipping stones and other stuff
- Sleepless nights
- Slutty whether
- Small things
- Smooth move
- Snowball effect
- So that’s why the baby laughs
- Some days a bug, some days a windshield
- Some days just aren’t funny
- Some things don’t change
- Someday it will be hilarious
- Something old, something new
- Somethings new, somethings not
- Sound of the crow
- Spring is in the air
- Spring is just around the corner
- St. Patrick’s Day meets Thai town
- Start your engines
- Still kicking
- Stop singing
- Strike out
- Strings too short to save
- Stump chump
- Sunday buffets
- Sunday fellowshipping
- Sunday morning with kids
- Super awesome day at the garden
- Super Bowl do-over
- Surprise!
- Surrounded by super heroes
- Survival tips for wives of retirees
- Surviving life’s little pitfalls
- Suspicious circumstances
- Swimmer’s gone
- Tacky & sappy but merry wishes to you all
- Take me out to the ballgame
- Taking the risk
- Talk about insecurity
- Talk to the hand
- Technology is moving too fast for me
- Thanks to our veterans
- Thanksgiving in August
- That’s a stretch
- The best gift — friends
- The best part of being a grandma
- The big red caboose
- The bouncer
- The case of the missing bacon
- The cook left
- The cookie was right
- The corny geek
- The curse of the little phone
- The day after
- The day it all came crashing down
- The E-life
- The forgotten holiday
- The four pop-a-teers
- The gaps in my life
- The girls we used to be
- The gym resolution
- The idiot behind the helpdesk
- The impossible dream
- The little dummy in all of us
- The little mouse that roared
- The little red truck and the big white boat
- The lost wise man
- The magic of Christmas
- The magic of youth
- The man who delivers
- The more things change
- The morning after
- The mouse turns one
- The ole’ swimming hole
- The perfect woman
- The pig is back
- The price of bread
- The price of stupid
- The reluctant draggin’
- The secret of coping with bad days
- The shortened version
- The show must go on
- The sounds of yoga
- The Timex family
- The unique one
- The up side of down
- The wad
- The younger generation
- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
- There’s a teepee in my front yard
- Things I did not know
- Things I will never do again
- Things you shouldn’t say at a baseball game
- Thinking of bamboo
- Thirteen words
- This one’s for you, Mom
- Three on a match
- Through the eyes of a child
- To my valentine
- To tweet or not to tweet
- Too much information
- Too much time on my hands
- Tooth fairy substitute
- Top of the morning to you
- Top that
- Tribute to fathers
- Trip ahoy
- TV wars
- Twelve things I have done
- Twenty ways you know you are getting old…
- Twice the husband, half the income
- Twins except
- Two for the road
- Two Twix workout
- Underwater
- Unity at last
- Up, up and away
- Voices inside my head
- Wannabes
- Was it worth it?
- Wasn’t it yesterday?
- Watch what you eat
- Weekend at grandma’s
- Welcome chorus
- Welcome to motherhood
- Western ditty
- We’ll make pies
- What a bargain!
- What AARP doesn’t want you to know
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- What is a family?
- What people do behind closed curtains
- What the heck?
- What they don’t tell you about growing old
- What we do for love
- What you don’t know can’t hurt you
- What you won’t hear in Sunday School
- What’s an imbalanced person like me doing yoga?
- What’s in a name?
- What’s in your purse?
- When it rains, it pours
- Where did the years go?
- While you were sleeping
- Whirl, click, click
- Who is Craig?
- Who steals the show?
- Who wants to know?
- Who would have guessed?
- Whoops!
- Why I am a pragmatist
- Why I don’t do balloons
- Why mothers shouldn’t be left alone
- Why senior groups keep getting larger
- Wild hairs
- Will you still love me?
- Wish me luck
- Word banks
- Worn out from laughing
- Yes man
- Yoga after fifty
- You know the drill
- You want me to… what?
- You won’t believe it
- You’re killing me, Larry
- Your name in lights
- Yours, mine, and mine
- You’ve come a long way baby
- Zookeeper
